How We Inspire, Inform and Transform!

Knockout Obesity’s unique recipe for success involves Inspiration (through physical fitness training), Information (through nutrition education), and Transformation (through capacity-building for community-based organizations.) Knockout Obesity delivers its signature obesity prevention and intervention program to youth-serving community organizations, with an emphasis on community centers located in high-need New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) developments.
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Walk To Your Health, Brooklyn! on June 20, 2015

Knockout Obesity is proud to host the inaugural, Walk To Your Health, Brooklyn! First Annual Family Walk to Knockout Childhood Obesity, on Saturday, June 20, 2015, at Brooklyn Bridge Park! This debut walk for NYC will unite Brooklynites in the fight against childhood obesity, and raise funds for Knockout Obesity, so we can continue our efforts to help children develop physical fitness and nutrition habits that will promote healthy lifestyles and prevent obesity! Volunteer, Walk or Sponsor.
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Evaluation

Knockout Obesity is committed to evaluating the effectiveness of its program in achieving its stated goals and desired outcomes.

In partnership with an experienced evaluation consultant, Knockout Obesity designed an evaluation plan to identify program strengths and weaknesses so adjustments can be made to improve program efficacy, as needed. Knockout Obesity will collect qualitative and quantitative data at various intervals in order to measure the program’s progress toward its six desired outcomes, as follows:

Increased Knowledge of Nutrition: The California Department of Health’s nutritional knowledge assessment will be administered to participants at seven intervals (intake, 3 months, 6 months, 9 months, 12 months, 15 months, and 18 months.) This will establish participants’ baseline knowledge and measure short- and long-term knowledge gains, distinguishing between gains made during the Knockout Obesity-run program and CBO-run program.

Increased Self-Esteem: The Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale will be administered to participants at seven intervals (intake, 3 months, 6 months, 9 months, 12 months, 15 months, and 18 months.) This will establish participants’ baseline self-esteem and measure any improvements in self-esteem attributable to the Knockout Obesity-run program or CBO-run program.

Increased Physical Endurance: The Progressive Aerobic Cardiovascular Endurance Run (PACER) Test measures participants’ VO2 Max, which is the maximum volume of oxygen that an athlete can use and correlates with an increase in physical endurance. The PACER Test will be administered at seven intervals (intake, 3 month, 6 month, 9 month, 12 month, 15 month, and 18 month.) This will establish participants’ baseline VO2 Max and measure short- and long-term improvements, distinguishing between gains made during the Knockout Obesity-run program and CBO-run program.

Increased Capacity of CBOs to Deliver Age-Appropriate Physical Activity: Knockout Obesity will contact the CBO at four intervals (6 months, 12 months, 18 months, and 24 months) to survey the CBO’s capacity to run the program.

Throughout the evaluation process, Knockout Obesity will share the results with its coaches, participants, CBO partner staff, and other key stakeholders to promote program transparency, replicability, and continuous self-improvement.

Mission

OUR MISSION is to combat childhood obesity by providing nutritional and physical education, and programming, using the tenets of boxing, while partnering with private and non-profit organizations to reach both youth and adults in need.